Trends - Large Scale Manufacturing

Large Scale Manufacturing

Rising NPLs?

“Private sector credit declines by 39.7 percent”, read the headline in this newspaper yesterday. The headline,...

Published 31 May, 2024 09:20am

Monthly Economic Update and Outlook of EAW: Credit to private sector declines 39.7pc YoY

Finance Ministry states that expenditures remained under significant pressure due to rising mark-up payments

Updated 30 May, 2024 09:31am

Jul-Feb LSM posts negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.51 per cent during the first...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 08:59am

BR Research

LSM: Still in red, just

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index, on a cumulative basis, stayed negative for the 19th straight month, as...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:17am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan LSM sector attains negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.52 percent during the first...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

BR Research

Six quarters of LSM decline

The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index was in red for December 2023 – marking the 18 th consecutive month of...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 08:20am

Business & Finance

Policy rate likely to remain unchanged

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is most likely to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent in the next...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:47pm

Editorials

LSM floundering

EDITORIAL: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) growth declined by 4.08 percent in October compared to October 2022 and 2...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

BR Research

LSM inching up gradually

The tide is finally turning after a disastrous 15 months of large scale manufacturing performance. Having turned...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:43am

BR Research

LSM: Green after a long time

The jinx is finally broken. After 13 long months of consecutive negative growth – the Large-Scale Manufacturing...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:57am

BR Research

LSM: low base in play

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) marked the thirteenth consecutive month of negative year-on-year growth – an...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 08:53am

BR Research

LSM: Tanks double-digits

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)growth settled in negative double digits for the outgoing fiscal year. This is so...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:40am

Editorials

Woeful LSM decline

EDITORIAL: The FY23 Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) is down 10.3 percent year-on-year. Barring the Covid year, this...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

LSM sector travails

Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

BR Research

Summertime madness

This week the Japanese assembler of Suzuki vehicles in Pakistan, Pak Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) announced it would keep both...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 09:44am

Business & Finance

BMP of FPCCI expresses its dismay at LSM slide

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP), has expressed its...

Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am

BR Research

LSM: the horrid run continues

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) dropped another 21 percent year-on-year in April 2023. This marks the tenth straight...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:54am

BR Research

LSM: Running to the ground

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for March 2023 went down 25 percent year-on-year. This is the steepest monthly...

Published 16 May, 2023 08:53am

Pakistan

Economic distress: Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing down 25% YoY in March

Main contributors towards overall decline are food, tobacco, textile, petroleum products, cement, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles

Updated 15 May, 2023 05:38pm

BR Research

LSM horror run deepens

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) data comes with a considerable lag and has of late only stamped the worst fears. The...

Published 20 Apr, 2023 09:40am

Business & Finance

Jul-Feb: Large Scale Manufacturing Industries output dips 5.56% YoY

Main contributors towards the overall decline of 5.56% are food, tobacco, textile, garments and petroleum products

Updated 17 Apr, 2023 07:44pm

BR Research

LSM - painted red

Large Scale Manufacturing growth slipped 7.9 percent year-on-year in January 2023. For 7MFY23 – LSM is down 4.4...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 08:49am

BR Research

LSM deep in red

Large Scale Manufacturing went down for the fifth straight month, but on a cumulative and monthly basis. This last...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 09:23am

Markets

Jul-Nov Large Scale Manufacturing sector output down 3.6% YoY

Some of the main contributors towards decline are food, tobacco and textile industries

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 04:12pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct LSM sector output down 2.89pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall output of the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector declined by 2.89 percent during the ...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

BR Research

LSM: First quarterly contraction since Covid

Industrial manufacturing is struggling. The Large-Scale Manufacturing numbers released by the PBS show 1Q LSM down ...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 08:51am

BR Research

CAD leashed!

The current account is coming in control. It stood at $316 million in September 22. In the Jul-Sep quarter, the...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 08:48am

Editorials

Economic despondency

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) nfor the week ending 29 September 2022 year on year was estimated at...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:01am

BR Research

LSM contraction begins

The inevitable has happened. Or better put, just starting to unfold, as the Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index ...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:54am

BR Research

Furniture and garments hold LSM

It may well be an entirely different picture in two months from now, but for 11 months of FY22, the Large-scale...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 08:52am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 31	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 31	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 31	157.31
USD to Swiss Franc / May 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 31	1.27
Euro to USD / May 31	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 31	5277.51
India Sensex / May 31	73961.31
Tokyo Nikkei / May 31	38487.90
Nasdaq / May 31	16735.02
Hang Seng / May 31	18079.61
FTSE 100 / May 31	8275.38
Dow Jones / May 31	38686.32
Germany DAX 30 / May 31	18497.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 31	76.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 31	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 31	207219
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 31	2327.33
Cotton US¢/pound / May 31	75.11
Petrol/Litre / Jun 2	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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